eicker@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agoFinland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand batterywww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down12 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarejoelthelion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 months agoAnd the best part is, it’s not actually complex or expensive technology. Essentially it’s a big box with crushed stone in it.
minus-squareeicker@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 months agoExactly. That’s what makes it so compelling. No scarce minerals, no exotic chemistry, no billion Euro manufacturing plants. Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest ones.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThat’s a huge oversimplification.
And the best part is, it’s not actually complex or expensive technology. Essentially it’s a big box with crushed stone in it.
Exactly. That’s what makes it so compelling. No scarce minerals, no exotic chemistry, no billion Euro manufacturing plants. Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest ones.
That’s a huge oversimplification.